Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Visit Rosslyn Chapel

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry visit to Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness of the Sinclair family, a noble family descended in part from Norman knights from the commune of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in northern France. Over the years the chapel has featured in speculative theories regarding Freemasonry and the Knights Templar.

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Old Photograph House of Cromar Scotland

Old photograph of House of Cromar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1905 by Lord Aberdeen, as a country retreat for his wife. John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, born 3rd of August 1847, died 7th of March 1934, was known as The Earl of Aberdeen from 1870 to 1916, was a Scottish politician. Born in Edinburgh, Hamilton-Gordon held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and serving from 1893 to 1898 as the seventh Governor General of Canada. Aberdeen lived the later stages of his life at the House of Cromar in Tarland, Aberdeenshire, which he had built and where he died in 1934. His son, George, succeeded to the marquessate. House of Cromar passed to Sir Alexander MacRobert in 1934 and it became Alastrean House. It was leased to the RAF Benevolent Fund in 1984.



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Old Photograph Milnegraden House Scotland

Old photograph of Milne Graden house near Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish house was built by Sir David Milne, born May 1763, died 5 May 1845, who was a Royal Navy admiral. Born in Musselburgh, East Lothian, he entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1779. He served in the West Indies from 1779 to 1783, seeing action in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War and in Lord Howe's final relief of the French and Spanish siege of Gibraltar in 1782. From 1783 to 1793, he served in the East Indies. Promoted to commander, he defeated a French division off Puerto Rico on 5 June 1795, and, in 1796, he participated in the capture of the Dutch colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice, becoming the British governor of Netherlands Guiana. He continued to fight against the French in Santo Domingo, from 1797 to 1799, and, in 1800, he captured the French frigate La Vengeance off the coast of Africa. He was later in life briefly a Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed.



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Old Photograph Callert House Scotland

Old photograph of Callert House by Loch Leven in the Highlands of Scotland. This Scottish mansion house, now in ruins, was built for Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern in the 1830s and replaced a previous Callert House that had been burned down. Duncan, born 1775, died 1863, was the son of Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, he became a prominent civic figure and developed much of Fort William. A Cameron daughter married a Fairfax-Lucy of Charlecote, Oxfordshire in late 19th century and later inherited Callert.



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Old Photograph Fasque House Scotland

Old photograph of Fasque House near Fettercairn located North West of Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was the property of the Ramsays of Balmain, and the present house was completed around 1809, replacing an earlier house. It was purchased in 1829 by Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet, father of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister to Queen Victoria, who spent much of his childhood here. Fasque was a family home of the Gladstones until the 1930s.



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Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Luib Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage in Luib, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. The place of Luib in history was ensured by the brief visit of Bonnie Prince Charlie during his flight after the collapse of the 1745 rising.



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Old Photographs Brackley Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Brackley Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was designed by Dan Gibson 1898 for Sir James Mackenzie originally called Braickley House renamed when the 1870 mansion designed by Sir Samuel Morton Peto burnt down. This house is built on the site of the old castle of that name. It suffered at the hands of the troops of General Mackay and probably from those of the Royalists in 1715 and 1745.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Gaelic Poets Memorial South Uist Outer Hebrides

Tour Scotland photograph of the Gaelic Poets Memorial on South Uist, Scotland. In memory of two Gaelic poets, Donald MacIntyre, also known as The Paisley Bard, born 1889, died 1964, and his nephew, Donald John MacDonald, born 1919, died 1986.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Gaelic Poets Memorial on South Uist, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Tour 7

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Scotland. Includes visit to Aberfeldy Whisky Distillery, Airth Castle, Alyth Bridge, Alyth Church, Anstruther Fife, Ardoch Church, Ballathie House Hotel, Blairgowrie, Blairingone Church, Braco, Carnbee Church, Csstle Huntly, Coupar Angus Pipe Band, Dairsie Castle, Dairsie Church, Dollarbeg Castle, Falkirk Wheel, Forter Castle, Gleneagles Hotel Perthshire, Grangemuir House, Hatton Castle, Inverkeithing Church, Kellie Castle, Kincardine Parish Church, Kinloch House Hotel, Linlithgow Palace, Lordscairnie Castle, Lower Largo East Neuk of Fife, Pittenweem Church, Rattray Parish Church, Scotscraig Golf Club, Spittalfield village, St Michaels Parish Church Linlithgow, Tayport West Lighthouse, Tealing Earth House, Tulliallan Old Church and Cemetery.

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Tour Scotland Video Louis Davidson Singing Atlantic City Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Louis Davidson singing a cover version of Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen on visit and trip to a pub in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night,
Now they blew up his house too.
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight,
Gonna see what them racket boys can do.

Now there's trouble busin' in from out of state,
And the D.A. can't get no relief.
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade,
And the gamblin' commissions hangin' on by the skin of its teeth.

Everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

Well I got a job and tried to put my money away,
But I got debts that no honest man can pay.
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust,
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus.

Everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

Now our luck may have died, and our love may be cold,
But with you forever I'll stay.
We're goin' out where the sands turnin' to gold,
So put on your stockin's cause the nights gettin' cold.

And everything dies, baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.

Now I been lookin' for a job. but it's hard to find,
Down here it's just winners and losers, and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line.
Well I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end,
So honey, last night I met this guy, and I'm gonna do a little favor for him.

Well I guess everything dies, baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back
So fix your hair up nice, and fix yourself up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.

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Tour Scotland Video Chris Marshall Singing Natural Blues Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Chris Marshall singing a cover version of Natural Blues by Moby in a pub on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Went down the hill
Other day
Soul got happy
And stayed all day

Went down the hill
Other day
Soul got happy
And stayed all day

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Went in the room
Didn't stay long
Looked on the bed
And brother was dead

Went in the room
Didn't stay long
Looked on the bed
And brother was dead

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Oh Lordy, trouble so hard
Don't nobody know my troubles but God
Don't nobody know my troubles but God

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Tour Scotland Video Rory Yates Singing Tryst Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Rory " Rowdy " Yates singing The Tryst in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Tryst is a poem in Scots by William Soutar.

O luely, luely cam she in
And luely she lay doun:
I kent her be her caller lips
And her breists sae sma' and roun'

A' thru the nicht we spak nae word
Nor sinder'd bane frae bane:
A' thru the nicht I heard her hert
Gang soundin' wi' my ain

It was about the waukrife hour
Whan cocks begin to craw:
That she smool'd saftly thru the mirk
Afore the day wud daw.

Sae luely, luely cam she in
Sae luely was she gaen:
And wi' her a' my simmer days
Like they had never been.

Glossary of Scots words: luely - softly; Kent - knew; caller - fresh; breists - breasts; sinder'd - parted; bane - bone; gang - go; waukrife - wakeful; smool'd - slipped away; mirk - dark; afore - before; wud - would; daw - dawn;gaen - gone; simmer - summer

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Old Photograph Southfield House Scotland

Old photograph of Southfield House near Liberton located just South of Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1875 by architect John Chesser and in 1902 became part of the Royal Victoria Sanatorium which closed in 1999, after spending some years as a hospital for the care of the elderly.



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Accordion And Fiddle Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of traditional Scottish accordion and fiddle music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Grant McFarlane fromm Paisley by Glasgow, on accordion with Mhairi Mackinnon on fiddle accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain.

The surname MacFarlane, and other variations of the name, are Anglicisations of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Pharlain, meaning " son of Parlan ". Clan MacFarlane is a a Highland Scottish clan. Descended from the ancient Earls of Lennox, the MacFarlanes occupied the land forming the western shore of Loch Lomond from Tarbet up-wards. From Loch Sloy, a small sheet of water near the foot of Ben Voirlich, they took their war cry of Loch Slòigh. The clan was noted for the night time cattle raiding of neighbouring clan lands, particularly those of Clan Colquhoun, and as such a full moon became known locally as " MacFarlane's Lantern. The ancestral lands of the clan were held by the chiefs until they were sold off for debts, in 1767.

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Old Photograph Kirkhope Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Kirkhope Tower located seven miles from Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. This Scottish tower was burnt and its stock removed during the campaign of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the early stages of the Rough Wooing of Mary, Queen of Scots, by King Henry VIII of England. The actual raiding itself was carried out by members of the cross border " Riding Family " of Clan Armstrong.



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Old Photograph Lundin Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Lundin Tower at Lundin Links by Lower Largo, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. This is a lofty rubble built Scottish tower, once a part of old Lundin House which was demolished in 1876. The tower has been altered but appears to date from the late 16th or early 17th century. There was a castle here in the 14th century, belonging to the Lundin family, who held the property from the 12th century. It passed by marriage to the Drummonds in 1670, who were forfeited after the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Mary, Queen of Scots, is said to have stayed at the tower in 1565.



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Old Photograph Irongray Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Irongray Parish Church near Dumfries, Scotland. This Scottish church stands on an ancient holy site. The present church was rebuilt in 1803 with the tower added in 1872. Robert Crawford, minister of the parish, and many of his congregation, " came out " at the Disruption. Sir Walter Scott erected a tombstone in the churchyard over the grave of Helen Walker known as Jeanie Deans.



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Old Photograph Fearn Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Fearn Abbey located to the South East of Tain in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The original Fearn Abbey was established in either 1221 or 1227 by Premonstratensian canons from Whithorn Priory. Originally founded at " Old Fearn " near Edderton, it was moved by 1238 to " New Fearn " further east, perhaps to take advantage of better agricultural lands. The Abbey was rebuilt between 1338 and 1372 on the orders of William III, Earl of Ross. Following the Reformation the Abbey remained in use as a parish church, but disaster struck in 1742 when the flagstone roof collapsed during a service killing many members of the congregation. A new church was then built adjacent to the old ruined church, but it itself had fallen into a ruinous state by the early 1770s. Accordingly, part of the original ruined Abbey was rebuilt in 1772 and again became the parish church as part of the Established Church of Scotland. The current building thus substantially dates from 1772, but incorporating parts of the medieval structure.



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Old Photograph Blairingone Village Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blairingone village located three miles South East of Dollar in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village was once a base for the serious manufacture of weapons of war, the twin forges of the village Blacksmiths being maintained by the easily obtained surface coal in the area. Materials like Limestone, Alum, Iron-ore, Whinstone and Sulphur as well as coal were mined here on a regular basis. History records that the Fossoway area and over into Fife contained the most ancient coal mining operations in Scotland. During the 1700s a wagon way complex included a track from Blairingone for carrying coal which also connected the North Fife coal fields and the lime burners at Limekilns on the Forth Estuary.



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Old Photograph Blairingone Church Scotland

Old photograph of Blairingone church located three miles South East of Dollar in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish church is located in the Parish of Fossoway. The church, now a private home, was built in the early 1800's on an elevated position overlooking the surrounding countryside of Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross.

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Old Photographs Powmill Scotland

Old photograph of Powmill village located five miles South West of Kinross in Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village now has a small milk barn which serves hot meals and snacks. It also sells jams and other local produce. Beside the milk barn there is a small garden centre and a gift shop. The milk barn is a popular stop for tourists who are travelling to St Andrews in Fife.

Old photograph of Powmill village located five miles South West of Kinross in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Kearvaig Beach Cape Wrath Sutherland

Tour Scotland video of a windy day visit to Kearvaig Beach, Cape Wrath in Sutherland, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Mhairi Mackinnon Fiddle Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Mhairi Mackinnon playing traditional Scottish fiddle music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Mhairi on fiddle with Grant Mcfarlane on accordion accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain.

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Tour Scotland Video Grant McFarlane Accordion Music Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Grant McFarlane from Paisley by Glasgow playing traditional Scottish accordion music in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Grant on accordion with Mhairi Mackinnon on fiddle accompanied by Alistair Cassidy and Ian Bain. The accordion originated in Italy in the early 19th century and became popular all over Europe. It quickly found its place in Scottish music, its greater power lending itself to playing alongside the fiddle in dance bands, and its complexity allowing it to play a wide variety of tunes and styles.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Singer Fiona Hunter Greyfriars Bar Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Scots singer Fiona Hunter singing in the Greyfriars Bar on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Fiona Hunter is one of Scotland's foremost traditional singers, in this video she is accompanied by Mike Vass, Scottish Composer, Producer and Multi-instrumentalist from Glasgow

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Old Photograph Dippin Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Dippin village, Island of Arran, Scotland. Arran has several other villages, mainly around the shoreline. Brodick is the site of the ferry terminal, several hotels, and the majority of shops. Brodick Castle is a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton. Lamlash, however, is the largest village on the island. Other villages include Lochranza, in which the Blackwood Davidson family had their principal seat, Lochranza Castle and Catacol in the north, Corrie in the north east, Blackwaterfoot in the south west, Kildonan in the south and Whiting Bay in the south east.



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Old Photograph Garmouth Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Garmouth on the coast of Moray, Scotland. This Scottish village has a claim to fame as the landing point of King Charles II on his return from exile in 1650 AD. He signed the 1638 National Covenant and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant shortly after coming ashore. The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War. On 17 August 1643 the Church of Scotland accepted it and on 25 September 1643 so did the English Parliament and the Westminster Assembly. General assent was obtained for the Solemn League and Covenant throughout Scotland and England by allowing the populace to sign it. After the Restoration the English Parliament passed the Sedition Act 1661, which declared that the Solemn League and Covenant was unlawful, was to be abjured by all persons holding public offices, and was to be burnt by the common hangman.



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Old Photograph United Free Church Dyce Scotland

Old photograph of the United Free Church in Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish church, now demolished, was often called West Church, and it stood in a prominent town location in Dyce, to the north-west of Aberdeen. The church was built in the 1870s as the town of Dyce grew from the 1860s after the construction of a railway and station here.



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Old Photograph Nunraw Abbey Scotland

Old photograph of Nunraw Abbey by Haddington, Scotland. Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist ( Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae ) monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, Ireland, and consecrated as an Abbey in 1948, it nestles at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills on the southern edge of East Lothian. The estate of the abbey is technically called White Castle after an early hill-fort on the land. Originally owned by the Cistercian Nuns of Haddington, the area that they settled becoming known as Nunraw, meaning Nun's Row. The Nunnery of Haddington was founded by Ada de Warenne, Countess of Huntingdon and daughter of the Earl of Surrey, soon after the death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and the small evidence that is available suggests that Nunraw was a Grange of that convent.



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Old Photograph Tower of Scolty Scotland

Old photograph of the Tower of Scolty located South of Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish tower on Scolty hill was built in 1840 as a memorial to General Burnett who fought alongside Wellington. Burnett is an English surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning " brown ", " dark brown ". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.



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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Small Group Ancestry Auchmithie Angus

Tour Scotland wee video of photographs from a small group ancestry tour of Auchmithie, location of the Scarlett Johansson film, Under the Skin in Scotland. Scarlett Johansson was in this wee village in Scotland filming her movie Under the Skin. Auchmithie was chosen because of the backdrop its picturesque, but rugged harbour could provide. A former fishing village located three miles north east of Arbroath. It sits atop a red sandstone cliff, high above a shingle beach. The Arbroath Smokie originated in Auchmithie. Sir Walter Scott stayed in the Waverley Hotel in Auchmithie and described Auchmithie in his novel The Antiquary published in 1816, under the name Musslecrag. Under the Skin is based on a novel of the same name by Michel Faber, who lives in the Black Isle. The book tells of an alien, Johansson's character in the film, who picks up hitchhikers on the A9 road in the Highlands to harvest body parts.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Czech Special Operations Executive Memorial Arisaig

Tour Scotland photograph of the Czech Special Operations Executive Memorial in Arisaig, Lochaber, Scotland. In memory of all Czech and Slovak soldiers who trained here from 1941 to 1943 As S.O.E. Agents.

NA PAMĚŤ VŠECH ČESKÝCH A SLOVENSKÝCH VOJÁKŮ,
KTEŘÍ ZDE V LETECH 1941 – 1943 PROŠLI VÝCVIKEM S.O.E.
THANKS TO GENEROSITY OF MANY DONORS
DÍKY ŠTĚDROSTÍ MNOHA DÁRCŮ
PATRONS / ZÁŠTITU UDĚLILI
VÁCLAV KLAUS, PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
AND THE RIGHT HON GEORGE REID, PRESIDING OFFICER,
THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT 2003 to 2007.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Czech Special Operations Executive Memorial in Arisaig, Lochaber, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Czech Special Operations Executive Memorial in Arisaig, Lochaber, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Glen Forlsan Lochaber

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenforlsan in West Lochaber, Scotland. The Hydro Station in Glen Forslan is a privately financed mini-hydro scheme, generating electricity at the point where Glen Forslan meets Glen Moidart in Inverness-shire, Scotland. It was commissioned in spring 2010.

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenforlsan Loch in West Lochaber, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenforlsan Loch in West Lochaber, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of Glenforlsan Power Station in West Lochaber, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs of The Prince's Cairn at Loch nan Uamh Lochaber

Tour Scotland photograph of The Prince's Cairn at Loch nan Uamh in Lochaber, Scotland. On 19 September 1746, Charles Edward Stuart arrived from Cluny's Cage, that refuge on Ben Alder, accompanied by Donald Cameron of Lochiel, John Roy Stewart, and others. There they found L'Heureux, the French frigate that was to carry him to safety. All that day, the 19th, they embarked the refugees that were to accompany the Prince into exile, and on the 20th they sailed away from Scotland. The Prince never saw it again, except perhaps in his dreams which may have helped to mitigate the bitterness of his later life. Loch nan Uamh is also the place where the Prince first set foot on mainland Great Britain on 25 July 1745 and the place from where Charles escaped to the Hebrides after the Battle of Culloden. " On the evening of 26 April 1746 the Prince, Colonel John William O’Sullivan, Captain Felix O’Neil, Father Allan MacDonald, Donald MacLeod " The Faithful Palinurus ", Ned Burke and several boatmen set out to sea from the shore of Loch nan Uamh. The weather was terrible and the boat began to fill with water. Even MacLeod who knew the seas well thought all was lost. The sailors prayed for deliverance, prompting the Prince to comment that while the clergyman who was with them ought to pray, the rest would be better employed bailing out the water. Next morning they struggled into a creek at Roisinis on the north-east point of Benbecula." The cairn can be found just off the A830 road, sometimes known as the Road to the Isles. (The nearest railway station is Beasdale about 2.5 miles to the West.) The cairn was erected by the 1745 Association on 4 October 1956.

Tour Scotland photograph of The Prince's Cairn at Loch nan Uamh in Lochaber, Scotland.

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